I sat in the seat with the heating unit under it.

i haven't ridden a regular school bus in a few years (find me chillin in the short bus ayy). but having to take the bus was easily the most anxiety-inducing part of my day, i DREADED it. i could go on and on about how much i hate the bus lol.
for me, i always try to sit as close to the front as possible. the nearer to the bus driver, the better. just makes me less anxious. i also don't like to be talked to when im on the bus (or any transport really), because i love the combination of good tunes + watching scenery fly by. usually the more well-behaved/quiet kids sat at the front. best of both worlds i guess.
so yeah im a front sitter SUE ME

We were sort of categorized by age at my old school. Older people sat in the back, but I would try to find a seat by myself in the back.

People in the front aren't as loud/annoying as the ones in the back, so I sit in the front. //shrugs

i was always part of the first to be picked up in the morning, so i'd immediately go for the last row (that little half seat), and then inevitably get kicked out of it by the boys that got on at the next stop. going home i'd just try not to sit next to anyone lol